Coin-controlled apparatus.



O. JAEGER.

COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

APPLICATION F ILED JUNE 16, 1915. RENEWED OCT. 5. x916.

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O. JAEGER. COIN QCONTROLLEDYAPPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1915. RENEWED OCT. 5, 191a.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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T0 INDUSTRIAL SERVICE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION OF DELAWARE.

COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. N0v'. 14c, 1916.

Application filed June 16, 1915, Serial No. 34,355. Renewed October 5, 1916. Serial No. 124,006.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, O'r'ro Janeen, citizen of the United States, residing at Elkins Park, Montgomery county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled apparatus for vending machines in which a member, termed an operating member, and a member, termed an operated member, are employed in combination with coin-controlled means to operatively connect the operating member and the opererated member upon the insertion of a proper coin, the operated member being adapted to actuate the dispensing devices of the vending machine.

The object if my invention is to provide a novel, simple and eflicient coin-controlled means for connecting the operating member and the operated member, of such construction that a proper coin will be required to operate the machine and that it wlll be impossible to operatively connect the two members by tilting the machine without first inserting a proper coin; and a further object of my invention is to insure the discharge of the coin from said means by providing for its discharge at the completion of the operative stroke of the operating member and before the beginning of the return stroke thereof to normal position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of elements hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical'section of a vending machine embodying my invention, showing the parts inthe normal position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the machine, on line '22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4:. is a detail, in elevation, of the means to connect'the operating member and the operated member and adjuncts. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a portion of the machine showing the parts of the coin-controlled apparatus in position after the insertion of a coin and before the operation of the operating member. Fig. 6 is a View similar to connected by horizontal plates 7, 8 and 9, the

standards and plates forming the supporting frame or structure for the coin-controlled mechanism. Extending vertically within the casing 5 are two members 10 and 11 herein termed an operating member 10 and an operated member 11. The operating member 10 is mounted to slide vertically in guide openings in the plates 8 and 9, and the member 10 is maintained normally elevated in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by a spring 12, one end of which is attached to the member 10 and the other end of which is attached to the plate 9. The upper portion of the member 10 extends above the easing 5 and is provided with a suitable knob or handle 13 by means of which it may be depressed by hand. The operated member 11 is mounted to slide vertically in guide openings in the plates 7 and 8, and the member 11 is maintained normally elevated in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by a spiral spring 14 having one end attached to a horizontal plate 15 on the base 4 and having the other end attached to a shaft 16 carrying a gear wheel 17 in mesh with the teeth of a gear rack 18' formed on the lower portion of the .member 11, the shaft 16 being mounted to turn in bearing plates 19 rising from the base 1:. The member 11 is further guided by the gear wheel 17 and a flanged roller 20 mounted to turn on a stud on one of the standards 6 and between which the lower portion of the member 11 extends.

Normally the operating member 10 may be depressed by hand without affecting the operated. member 11. When, however, a coin 21 of the proper size and weight is inserted into the machine, the memberslO and 11 will be connected, and, when the operating member 10 is then depressed, the operated member 11 will also be depressed against the action of its spring 14; and I shall now describe the coin-controlled devices for connecting the said members.

Extending horizontally from the operating member 10 is a bracket 22 having a downwardly tn *ned end between which and the member 10 a horizontal pin 23 extends.

Pivot'ed on the pin 23 is a vertical plate or part which extends outwardly from the member 10. The plate 241-. is adapted to be raised on the pivot pin 23 from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 6, and the plate is held normally in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5 against a suitable stop on the member 10 by a suitable spring 24:. Fixed to the plate 2a: and extending therefron'i parallel to the pivot pin 2-3 a pin 26 carrying a peripherally grooved roller 27. Spaced from the roller 27 and depending from and pivoted on the pin 23 is a swinging arm 28 having a vertical groove in the side thereof facing the roller 27. Thegrooves in the arm 28 and roller 27 are adapted to receive a coin between them; and, for directing the coin 21 to the arm and roller and into the position shown in Fig. 5, I provide a suitable slot or passageway 29 into the upper end of which a coin may be inserted from the. exterior of the machine and from the lower end of which a coin may drop into the position shown between the roller 27 and arm 28. The slot or passageway 29 is formed in the horizontal plate 9 and between vertical plates 30 which extend downwardly from the plate 9, the plates 30 being connected by, suitable baflle plates 31 which direct the coin 21. The slot 29 is constructed to cause the coin to take a Zig-zag course in passing therethrongh so that the walls of the slot may act as batlies in preventing tampering with the mechanism by devices inserted into the slot.

Pivoted at 32, on one of the standards 6 is an'arm 33 which extends upwardly and downwardly from its pivot, as shown. The upper end of the arm 33 is provided with a horizontally-extending pin 34 which is arranged directly back of the lower portion of the arm 28 and which is adapted to be engaged by the arm 28 when the coin 21 is inserted into the machine. The lower portion 35 of the arm 33 is made heavier than the upper portion 36 thereof so that the arm 33 hangs normally in the position shown in Fig. 1 and so that when the arm 28 is moved in a direction away from the roller 27 the arm 28 will be moved against the weight of the lower portion 35 of the arm 33 by reason of the arm 28 engaging the pin 3% and moving the arm 33.

When the arms 28 and 33 hang on their pivots in the normal position shown in Fig. 1 and a coin 21 of the proper weight and size to operate the machine is inserted into the slot 29 and falls into the space between the roller 27 and arm 28, the coin 21 will move the arms 28 and 33 on their pivots from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the I position shown in Fig. 5, and rest upon a support 37 located below the space between the roller 27 and arm 28 and projecting fixedly from the upper end of the operated member 11 and having two upwardly extending plates or flanges 38 between which the coin is received. The lower end of the arm 28 is adapted to engage a tooth 39 on the operated member 11, and the arm 28 and tooth 39 are so related to each other that when the arm 28 is in the position shown in g Fig. l. the arm 28 will clear the tooth 39 when the operated member 10 and therewith the arm 28 are depressed. and so that when the arm 28is moved to the position shown in Fig. 5, by the insertion of a coin 21, the arm 28 will be in position to engage the tooth 39 and thereby connect the members 10 and 11 and cause them to be depressed as a unit. Immediately before the completion of the down stroke of the operating member 10 the plate 2-1 engages a stop or projection 40 which extends upwardly from the plate 8 and the plate 24 and roller 27 are moved on the pivot pin 23 to the position shown in Fig. 6, thereby moving the roller 27 away from the arm 28 and freeing the coin 21 and permitting it to drop from the support 37 into a suitable receptacle within the casing 5. After the discharge of the coin 21 and the removal of the pressure from the member 10, the two members 10 and 11, are returned to the normal position shown in Fig. 1 by the springs 12 and 14; but to insure the discharge of the coin 21 from the support 37 after the members 10 and 11 have been depressed, I hold the member 11 down during the initial return movement of the member 10. For this purpose I provide a latch arm 41 pivoted at 42 to a bracket extending from the plate 9, and

having its lower end resting by gravity against the member 11, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, and having its lower end provided with a notch 43 adapted to swing over and engage the top of the operated member 11 when it is depressed, as shown in Fig; 6.. This latch 41 prevents upward movement of the member 11 until just before the member 10 completes its upward movement when a projecting inclined plate or tooth a4, carried by the member 10 engages the latch 41 and moves the notch 13 in the lower end thereof from the top of the member 11, freeing the member 11 and permitting its spring 14 to raise it to normal position for a succeeding operation.

In order that false coins, which. will not operate the machine, may be returned to the persons who insert them into the machine, I provide an inclined chute 45 having its lower end open at the front of the machine. The upper end of the chute 45 is positioned to receive the false coins from between the arm 28 and roller 27 upon the initial downward movement of the operating member 10, as follows: Should a person insert a false coin of insuflicient weight or insufficient diameter to move the arm 28 far enough to bring the lower end thereof over the tooth 39, the operated member 11 will be unaffected by the downward 'movement of the operating member 10, and therefore, when the operating member 10 is depressed, the roller 27 will be moved downwardly and the support 37 will remain in the normal position shown in Fig. 1. N ow theinduring the initial downward movement of the roller 27, the false coin will move toward the upper end of the chute 45 by gravity, and, as the roller 27 passes down between the support 37 and the upper end of the chute 45, the false coin will roll over the roller 27 and into the chute 45 and down through the same and be discharged from the machine.

The employment of the pivoted arm 33 prevents thelower end of the arm 28 from moving by gravity into position to engage the tooth 39 when the machine is tilted, should a person attempt to so operate the machine without inserting a true coin, for the reason that any tilting which would cause the arm 28' to tend to move over the tooth 39 will cause the upper portion 36 of the arm 33 to move in a reverse direction and thereby cause the pin 34 to move the lower end of the arm 28 away from a position above the tooth 39.

The operated member 11 may actuate any suitable means for dispensing any desirable ing and through which the articles 48 may be projected when they are projected through the opening 50.

' The container 4:6 is provided with a horizontal partition wall or plate 52 extending across the rearward portion of the. container a slight distance above the bottom plate 15 thereof, the forward end of the plate 52 being spaced from the front wall $9 of the container to for a purpose hereinafter explained. I

The articles 48 to be dispensed herein shown, are folded sheets of paper, each comprising a body 53 shaped to fit freely into the container 46, and an end portion folded, at 55, and extending beneath one end of the body portion 53, as shown in 1. When the articles 48 are stacked within the The casing 5 also has a discharge 03811111 51 in front of the onencontainer t6, the stack rests upon the partition plate 52, and the folded end portions are all above the space between the forward wall d9 of the container and the forward end of the plate 52; and, owing to the plate 56 is secured, at 57, to a member 58 which is secured on the shaft 16. The member 58 is'provided with acurved face 59 adapted to form a bearing for the rearward portion of the spring ejector plate lhe spring plate 56 is guided between the bottom of the partition plate 52 and suitable rollers 60; and when the shaft 16 is turned by the downward movement of the operated member 11, the ejector plate 56 will be moved forwardly beneath the partition plate 52. and the forward end of the ejector plate 56 vill enter between the folded portion 54: of the lowermostarticle 4t8 and the body thereof and will engage the fold and project the forward portion of the said lowermost article out through the discharge openings 50 and 51, from which the said article may be withdrawn by hand. l (hen the spring 1% returns the operated member 11 to the normal position shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 16 'and therewith the ejector plate are returned to the normal position shown in Fig. 1 for a succeeding operation. The spring ejector plate 56 forms itself around the curved face 59 of the member 58 when the ejector plate is returned to normal position; and when the spring plate 56 is projected to dispense an article from the container l6 the rearward portion of the plate 56 leaves the curved face of the member 58 and straightens out between the rollers 60 and the partition plate 52.

I claim:

1. in a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member. a movable arm carried by said operating member and adapted to be moved by acoin to operatively connect said members, a. movable part carried by said operating member and provided with means adapted to receive and direct a coin to said arm, and means causing said part to be moved to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said opt-mating member.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, an arm pivoted to said operating member and adapted to be moved by a coin to operatively connect said members, a movable part carried by said operating member and provided with means adapted to receive and direct a coin to said arm, and means causing said part to be moved to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said operating member.

3. in a coin-controlled v apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, a movable arm carried by said operating member and adapted to be moved by a coin to operatively connect said members, a part pivoted to said operating member and provided with means adapted to receive and direct a coin to said arm, and means causing said part to be moved to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said operating member.

i. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the con'ibination o a supporting frame, a movable o ieratin member, a movable operated member, an aim pivoted to said operating member and adapted to be moved by a coin to operatively connect said members, a part pivoted to said operating member and provided with means adapted to receive and direct a coin to said arm, and means causing said part to be moved to discharge a coin tiierefrom during the movement of said opera ting i'nember.

In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, a movable arm carried by said operating member and adapted to be moved by a coin to operatively connect said members, a part pivoted to said operating member and provided with means adapted to receive and direct a coin to said arm, a spring holding said part in a normal position relatively to said operating member, and a stop adapted to engage said part and move it against the action of said spring to discharge a coin thereirom during the move-- ment of said operating member.

6. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the

combination of a supporting frame, a mom.

able operating member, a movable operated member, a movable arm carried by said operating member and adapted to be moved by a coin to operatively connect said members, a movable part carried by said operating member and provided with a coin-supporting element adapted to move toward and from said arm when said part is moved, said arm and said element being adapted to re ceive and support a coin between them, and means causing said part to move said ele ment away from said arm to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said operating member.

7. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable ope ating member, a movable operated member. a movable arm carried by said operatirg inen'iber and adapted to be moved by a c in to operatively connect said members, a part pivoted to said operating member and provided with a coin-supporting element adapted to move toward and from said arm when said part is moved, said arm and id element being adapted to receive and support a coin between them, and means causing said part to move said element away from said arm to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said operating member.

8. In acoin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable o' ierating member, a movable operated member, a movable arm carried by said operating member and adapted to be moved by av coin to operativelv connect said members, a part pivoted to said operating member and provided with a coin-supporting element adapted to move toward and from said arm when said part is moved, a spring holding said part in a normal position relatively to said operating member, and a stop adapted to engage said part and cause it to move said element against the action of said spring and away from said arm to discharge a coin therefrom during the movement of said operating member.

9. In a (:Ollr-COEllZIOllGCl apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a pivoted arm movable from an inoperative position to an operative position by the Weight of a coin, a second pivoted arm controlling the movement of the first named arm and being adapted to be operated by the first named arm under the influence of the weight of a coin operating the first named arm, means to uide a coin to the first named arm, a movable operating member, and a movable operated member, the first named arm being carried by one of said members and when in the operative position operatively connecting said members.

10. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a pivoted arm extending downwardly from its pivot and movable from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, a second arm pivoted below the first named ,arm and extending upwardly and downwardly from its pivot, the upper portion of the second named arm controlling the movement of the first named arm by the weight of the lower portion of the second named arm, the second named arm being adapted to be operated by the weight of a coin operating the first named arm, means to guide a coin to the first named arm, a movable operating member, and a mo able operated member, the first named arm being carried by one of said members and when in the operative position operatively connecting said members.

11. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, an arm pivoted to said operating member and extending downwardly from its pivot and movable from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, a second pivoted arm controlling the movement of the first named arm and being adapted to be operatedby the first named arm under the influence of the weight of a coin operating the first named arm, and means to guide a coin to the first named arm, the first named arm when in the operative position operatively connecting said members.

12. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, movable operated member, an arm pivoted to said operating member and extending downwardly from its pivot and movable from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, a. secondarm pivoted below the first named arm and extending upwardly and downwardly from its pivot, the upper portion of the second named arm controlling the movement of the first named arm by the weight of the lower portion of the second named arm, the second named arm being adapted to be operated by the weight of a coin operating the first named arm, and means to guide a coin to the first named arm, the first named arm when in the operative position operatively connecting said members. a

13. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, a part carried by said operating member and provided with a coin-supporting element, an arm pivoted to said operating member and extending downwardly from its pivot and movable toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to support a coin between them, and said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, a second pivoted arm controlling the movement of the first named arm and being adapted to be operated by the weight of acoin operating the first named arm, the first named arm when in the operative position operatively connecting said members.

14. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the

combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, a part carried by said operating member and provided with a coin-supporting element, an arm pivoted to said operating member and extending downwardly from its pivot and movable toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to support a coin between them, and said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative position by the weight of a coin, and a second arm pivoted below the first named arm and extending upwardly and downwardly from its pivot, the upper portion of the second named arm controlling the movement of the first named arm by the weight of the lower portion of the second named arm, the second named arm adapted to be operated by the weightv of a coin operating the first named arm,

and the first named arm when in the operative position operatively connecting said members.

15. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a supporting frame, a movable operating member, a movable operated member, a part carried by said operating member and provided with a coin-support ing element, an arm pivoted to said operatingv member and extending downwardly from its pivot and movable toward and from said element, said arm and said element being adapted to support a coin between them, and said arm being adapted to be swung from an inoperative position to an operative position, by the weight of a coin, and a second arm pivoted below the first named arm and extending upwardly and downwardly from its pivot, said arms being movable independently of each other, the upper portion of the second named arm controlling the movement of the first named arm by the weight of the lower portion of the second named arm, the second named arm being adapted to be operated by theElOS OTTO JAEGER. Witnesses:

THOMAS C. LEONARDS, I. M. TUNIS.

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